[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12902-12903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05519]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-16-16TL; Docket No. CDC-2016-0027]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part
of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed
information collection plan entitled ``Health Risks from Using Private
Wells for Drinking Water.'' The purpose of this new generic clearance
information collection request (ICR) is to assess the health risks
associated with exposure to contaminants in drinking water from private
wells across varied geographic areas of the United States in
partnership with the requesting agency (state, territorial, local, or
tribal health department).
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 10, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2016-
0027 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulation.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.
Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the
Federal eRulemaking portal (Regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, contact the Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information
collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-
up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire,
install and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; to
train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of
information, to search data sources, to complete and review the
collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Proposed Project
Health Risks from Using Private Wells for Drinking Water--New--
National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 ensures that most Americans are
provided access to water that meets established public health
standards. However, for over 38 million Americans who rely on private
wells or other drinking water not protected by the Safe Drinking Water
Act (herein referred to as private wells), that is not the case. There
is no comprehensive knowledge about the locations of private wells, the
populations served by these sources, potential contaminants that might
be present in private well water in specific areas of the country, or
the potential health risks associated with drinking water from these
sources.
The purpose of this new generic clearance information collection
request (Generic ICR) is to assess the health risks associated with
exposure to contaminants in drinking water from private wells across
varied geographic areas of the United States in partnership with the
requesting agency (state, territorial, local, or tribal health
department). The information obtained from these investigations will be
used to describe health risks from exposure to contaminants in drinking
water from private wells within a defined time period and geographic
distribution. This information will be used to inform public health
protection activities conducted by the requesting agencies.
The respondents are defined as adults at least 18 years old, who
use private wells for drinking water, who are willing to receive and
return a tap water sampling kit and urine specimen kit or to provide a
blood specimen, and who are willing to answer survey questions. They
will be recruited from geographic areas of interest as defined by the
requesting agency.
Based on our historical activities, we estimate that CDC will
conduct up to 10 investigations per year. Each investigation will
involve, on average, 200 respondents who are adults at least 18 years
old and use a private well for tap water.
The total time burden is 2,084 hours. There will be no cost to the
respondents other than their time.
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Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Type of respondents Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hrs.) (in hrs.)
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Adult at least 18 years old Screening Form.. 2,500 1 6/60 250
using a private well for tap Questionnaire... 2,000 1 35/60 1,167
water.
Urine Specimen 2,000 1 20/60 667
and Tap Water
Sample
Collection.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 2,084
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Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2016-05519 Filed 3-10-16; 8:45 am]
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